Linda Stenlund

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Linda Stenlund
Curler
Born (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 23)
Team
Curling clubÖstersunds CK, Östersund
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdAlmida de Val
SecondMaria Larsson
LeadLinda Stenlund
AlternateJennie Wåhlin
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
European Championship
appearances		1 (2023)
Grand Slam victories1 (2023 Players')
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Sweden
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Jönköping
Swedish Women's Curling Championship
Silver medal – second place 2023 Karlstad
Silver medal – second place 2024 Jönköping

Linda Stenlund (born 30 October 2000) is a Swedish curler.[1] She currently plays lead on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. In 2022, she won a silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships as alternate for the Moa Dryburgh rink.

Career[edit]

Stenlund competed under the Linnéa Svedberg and Maria Larsson rinks during her junior career, however, her teams were never able to win the Swedish Junior Curling Championships. In 2022, she joined the Moa Dryburgh rink with Thea Orefjord, Moa Tjärnlund and Moa Nilsson as their alternate for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. Through the round robin, the team posted a 5–4 record. This tied them for fourth with Switzerland and Latvia, however, due to their better draw shot challenge they advanced to the playoffs.[2] In the semifinals, they upset the number one seeds Norway's Eirin Mesloe to advance to the gold medal game where they were defeated by Japan's Sae Yamamoto, settling for silver.[3]

After the 2022–23 season second of Team Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, stepped back from competitive curling and Stenlund replaced her on the team. She played lead while Maria Larsson played second, Almida de Val played third and Wranå continued to skip. Team Wranå finished third at their second event of the 2022–23 season, the 2022 Oslo Cup, defeating Marianne Rørvik 6–2. In September, the team competed in the European Qualifier best-of-seven series against Team Hasselborg, which they lost 4–1.[4] They then had a quarterfinal finish at the 2022 Women's Masters Basel after a previously unbeaten record. In the first Slam of the season, the 2022 National, they finished pool play with a 2–2 record, but then lost 7–2 in a tiebreaker to the newly formed Kaitlyn Lawes rink. At the 2022 Tour Challenge, they again went 2–2 to qualify for a tiebreaker, which they won 7–4 over Hollie Duncan. Team Wranå then beat the World Champion Silvana Tirinzoni rink in the quarters before losing to Team Rachel Homan in the semifinal, marking the first time the team qualified for a Slam semifinal.[5][6] They then lost in the final of the Sundbyberg Open to Team Hasselborg.[7] The next Slam was the 2022 Masters, where the team missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record.[8] The team began the New Year at the 2023 Canadian Open, where they qualified through the A side, defeating Team Hasselborg in the A final game. In the playoffs, they defeated Jennifer Jones in the quarterfinals before losing to Kerri Einarson in the semifinals.[9] Team Wranå's next event was the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup where they went undefeated until the final where they fell to Team Tirinzoni.[10] The following month, they played in the Swedish Women's Curling Championship, finishing second behind Hasselborg. That same month, the team faced off against Hasselborg again for a chance to play in the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. The two teams played in a best-of-seven series, with Hasselborg winning in seven games.[11][12] In their next two events, they finished third at the Sun City Cup and won the Swedish Eliteserien. The team finished off their season at the 2023 Players' Championship. There, they finished 4–1 record in group play, earning a bye to the semifinals. In the playoffs, they defeated Einarson, and then Tirinzoni in the finals to claim the team's first ever Grand Slam title.[13]

After suffering defeats to Team Hasselborg in both of their first two tour events, Team Wranå turned things around at the European qualifier as they won the series 4–2, earning them the right to represent Sweden at the 2023 European Curling Championships.[14] In preparation for the Euros, the team played in the 2023 Players Open where they lost to Hasselborg in the final.[15] They also played in two Slams, the 2023 Tour Challenge and the 2023 National, reaching the quarterfinals of the latter.[16] In November, the team represented Sweden at the Europeans in Aberdeen. There, they finished third through the round robin with a 6–3 record, earning a spot in the playoffs. They then lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to Italy and Norway respectively, finishing fourth.[17] Back on tour, they reached the semifinals of the 2023 Western Showdown and the quarterfinals of the 2023 Masters and the 2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup. Days before the 2024 Swedish Women's Championship, Team Hasselborg was appointed to represent Sweden at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship as they had accumulated more points than Team Wranå in their best five events.[18] The team then lost the final of the Swedish Championship to Hasselborg. In February, Team Wranå won their sole event title of the season after an undefeated run at the Sun City Cup.[19] To end the season, the team tried to defend their title at the 2024 Players' Championship. After a 4–1 record through the round robin, they beat Korea's Gim Eun-ji in the semifinal before coming up short to Silvana Tirinzoni in a rematch of the 2023 final.[20]

In 2019, Stenlund teamed up with Simon Olofsson, Vilma Åhlström and Axel Sjöberg to win the 2019 Swedish Mixed Curling Championship.[21] This qualified the team for the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship where they narrowly qualified for the playoffs with a 4–3 record. They then lost to Canada 9–4 in the round of 16.[22]

Personal life[edit]

Stenlund has also competed in alpine skiing for Östersund-Frösö Slalomklubb from 2016 to 2017.[23]

Teams[edit]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2015–16[24] Linnéa Svedberg Linda Stenlund Lisa Norrlander Ellen Bromee
Lisa Norrlander Vilma Åhlström Linda Stenlund Kajsa Olaisson
2017–18 Lisa Norrlander Vilma Åhlström Linda Stenlund Kajsa Olaisson
2018–19 Maria Larsson Erika Jonsson Sofie Bergman Linda Stenlund
2019–20 Maria Larsson Erika Jonsson Sofie Bergman Linda Stenlund
2020–21 Maria Larsson Sofie Bergman Vilma Åhlström Linda Stenlund
2022–23 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Maria Larsson Linda Stenlund
2023–24 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Maria Larsson Linda Stenlund

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Linda Stenlund fyller 17 år idag" (in Swedish). Team Svedberg. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Play-off field complete at World Juniors". World Curling Federation. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Japan win World Junior women's title". World Curling Federation. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 Swedish European Qualifier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (22 October 2022). "Wrana upsets top-seed Tirinzoni in HearingLife Tour Challenge quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (23 October 2022). "Oskar Eriksson skips Team Edin into HearingLife Tour Challenge men's final". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Sundbyberg Open 2022". Nordic Curling Tour. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (9 December 2022). "Homan sweeps through pool play heading into WFG Masters quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (15 January 2023). "Einarson reaches sixth straight Grand Slam final at Co-op Canadian Open". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. ^ "54. Internationaler Berner Damen Cup 2023". Curling Bern. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 Swedish World Qualifier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  12. ^ Video (full game): 2023 Swedish World Qualifier – Game 7 – Anna Hasselborg vs Isabella Wranå on YouTube
  13. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (16 April 2023). "Wrana wins Players' Championship for first Grand Slam women's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Fourth time's the charm — Wranaa's first European appearance". World Curling Federation. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Bottcher the new world No. 1 after defeating Koe in Dundas final". TSN. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  16. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (11 November 2023). "Homan eliminates Einarson in KIOTI National women's quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Norway win women's bronze in Aberdeen". World Curling Federation. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Lag Edin och lag Hasselborg representerar Sverige vid curling-VM" (in Swedish). Svenska Curlingförbundet. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  19. ^ "2024 Sun City Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  20. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (14 April 2024). "Tirinzoni tops Wrana to take Princess Auto Players' Championship women's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  21. ^ "SM Mixed 2019". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  22. ^ "First world mixed quarter-final teams set after opening last-16 round". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Linda Stenlund Profile". FIS Ski. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Linda Stenlund Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

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